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atlantic

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Adjective, Noun
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At=lan=tic

CIDE DICTIONARY

atlantica. [L. Atlanticus, fr. Atlas. See Atlas and Atlantes.].
  •  Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic Ocean (called also the Atlantic); the Atlantic basin; the Atlantic telegraph.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Of or pertaining to the isle of Atlantis.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Descended from Atlas.  [1913 Webster]
    "The seven Atlantic sisters."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

atlantic, n. & adj.
--n. the ocean between Europe and Africa to the east, and America to the west.
--adj. of or adjoining the Atlantic.

Idiom
Atlantic Time the standard time used in the most eastern parts of Canada and Central America.
Etymology
ME f. L Atlanticus f. Gk Atlantikos (as ATLAS, -IC): orig. of the Atlas Mountains, then of the sea near the W. African coast

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